New Orleans police are looking for a man in connection with an armed robbery that happened at a clothing store on Magazine Street on Thursday afternoon.

According to police, a man walked into a clothing store in the 3300 block of Magazine Street about 2:40 p.m., shopped around, asked clerks for opinions on clothing for about two hours and then walked to the cash register, where it appeared he would check out.

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Instead, police said, the man pulled a semiautomatic pistol and pointed it at the clerk, demanding money from the register. The clerk complied and the man fled with more than $800 in cash and over $200 in clothing.

The robber was described as an African-American man in his mid-20s with a medium to muscular build and a trimmed mustache and beard.

He was last seen wearing a tortoise shell-colored sunglasses, a black and gold Saints cap, gray pullover cardigan and dark-colored pants.

Surveillance video captured the incident and the man leaving the store.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111